The lupines are in bloom.
Lupines have quite complex flowers.
The honey bees seem to like them, though.
And so do the carpenter bees.
Have you stopped to smell the flowers lately?
We’ve had a lot of rain in Arizona lately, which makes it a great year for crane flies.
Crane flies look like huge mosquitoes, but they are actually fragile giants. For more information and a peek at the larvae, check this previous post.
Sometimes you just get lucky.
Last week I showed you the larva of an Arizona species of flower fly (Syrphidae). Today I found two adults feeding on desert marigold and brittlebush.
Everything is blooming right now.
